Warriors Return to Miami with Jimmy Butler: Game Preview

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00:00It's the Golden State Warriors and it's the Miami Heat.

00:03And if anybody didn't know, the Miami Heat used to have Jimmy Butler.

00:05He couldn't stand his time in Miami by the time it was done.

00:08He was moved on to play for the Warriors and now the Warriors head back to take on the

00:13Heat tonight.

00:14Anticipated starting lineup for the Warriors here, Curry, Pudzimski, Butler, Green and

00:19Post.

00:20And away we go.

00:21Before we get to the handicap of this game, Joe, give me a vibe for down in South Florida

00:26for Jimmy returning to Miami.

00:28Is it apathy because the Heat aren't very good?

00:30Is it, boy, we hate Jimmy Butler now or does he get a King's Ovation coming back to town?

00:37Well, they announced a couple of days ago that the Miami Heat were going to put together

00:43a video montage in celebration of Jimmy Butler's time with the organization and which, you

00:51know, expands through some, you know, a couple of runs to the finals and a whole lot of great

00:59times.

01:00And, you know, of course, Jimmy Butler in his usual, in his usual ways there where it's

01:04all about him.

01:05He's like, I'm indifferent to it.

01:07He doesn't really care about it.

01:08So I would listen, 16 and three is what the Warriors are since acquiring Jimmy Butler.

01:14They have covered 11 of those 19 games in which he has been a part of Miami just ended

01:22up snapping that 10 game losing streak.

01:25They're only five and 17 since they traded Jimmy.

01:29But I think that bulletin board material of Jimmy Butler pretending like, yeah, whatever.

01:34So what's after all those guys in that locker room that played with him and laid it on the

01:40line with him?

01:41Boy, oh boy, I would expect, I would expect a big early first half from the Miami Heat

01:48here tonight.